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References
- ↑ "Love Triangle Theme of "Live" Drama". The Age. 6 March 1958. p. 12.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ↑ "Looking Ahead On Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. 9 April 1958. p. 33.
- ↑ "Love Triangle". The Age. 6 March 1958. p. 12.
- ↑ "Prize Winner as Live Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 April 1958. p. 5.
